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On a very long list of things Minnesotans don't need to hear this weekend, during the worst blizzard to hit the state in nearly two decades ... this is probably still far down on it. Restoration of basic services, clearing roads and making sure their neighbors don't freeze to death in sub-zero post-storm temperatures, likely worry them more than whether the Vikings are able to stay in town.
Then again, it has to be hard for them to get their heads around the images of the Metrodome roof sagging, then ripping, then funneling an avalanche onto the stadium floor Sunday morning. The building named for political icon Hubert H. Humphrey has been called a lot of things during its 28-year-long life. But the one thing everybody agrees it can be called today is "unsafe.''
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